CVE-2012-2469 Information

Description

Cisco NX-OS 4.2 5.0 5.1 and 5.2 on Nexus 7000 series switches when the High Availability (HA) policy is configured for Reset allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reset) via a malformed Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packet aka Bug IDs CSCtk34535 and CSCtk19132.

Reference

http://www.4salesbyself.com/troubleshooting-random-nexus-reboots.aspx http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/release/notes/52_nx-os_release_note.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027352